AUGUSTA – The Kennebec Land Trust will sponsor a free “Woodland Owner’s Short Course” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Earth Day, at the Pine Tree State Arboretum.

The course, taught by Morten Moesswilde, Maine Forest Service, will highlight the basic elements of successful woodland stewardship and point landowners toward the resources to achieve them.

The course will address developing landowner goals, basic woodland ecology and assessment, essential administrative/planning decisions and key elements of a successful timber harvest.

The goal is to make woodland owners, and others who work with woodland owners in different capacities, more familiar with the basics of forest stewardship.

Moesswilde, midcoast district forester, has been with the service for 10 years, prior to which he worked in midcoast Maine as a private consulting forester.

For more information, call the arboretum at 621-0031 or the trust at 377-2848. Preregistration is necessary.